Justice (retd.) A.K. Ganguly quit as West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman to “obviate any further controversy” and “to ensure the peace and happiness” of his family, he said in his resignation letter. In the letter dated Jan 6, a copy of which is with IANS, the former Supreme Court judge has denied the allegations […]
A trial court in Goa said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) tampered with facts to implicate the Hindu right-wing organisation “Sanatan Sanstha” in a 2009 Goa blast case. A designated NIA court in Goa last week said in its order, released to public Monday, that right from the stage of filing of the first information […]
Bangladesh police Tuesday detained two Jamaat-e-Islami activists for their suspected involvement in attacking Hindus and filed cases in this connection in Jessore and Dinajpur districts. Emdad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Abhoynagar police station, said at least 250 people were involved in attacking the houses of the minority Hindu community in Maloparha and Chapatola villages in Jessore […]
Taking note of the failure of the states and union territories to implement the “Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007”, the NHRC Tuesday sent notices to them in this regard, seeking a report within six weeks. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) felt that the Act was not being executed “in […]
The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to vacate its Aug 17, 2007 order restraining Haryana from breaching the Bhakra Main Line (BML) canal and connecting it with its intra-state Hansi-Butana canal to draw part of its share of the Ravi-Beas waters. “Stay is there for six years. Why should we disturb it now,” said a bench […]
A 20-year-old Iraqi woman, suffering from a rare medical condition characterised by an underdeveloped breast, got a new right breast after undergoing surgery at a hospital here, a doctor said Tuesday. The woman named Iman was suffering from “Poland Syndrome”, in which her right breast was missing. Her breast was tubular shaped, ptotic and completely […]
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Jan 21 DMK leader Kanimozhi’s plea seeking the quashing of charges against her in the 2G case being exclusively heard by a special CBI court on day-to-day basis. A bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said the 2G bench comprising Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice K.S. […]
A Delhi court has acquitted a man of rape charges after observing that the victim had admitted that they had a consensual physical relationship. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat held Kamaljeet Singh innocent of the accusation made in a police complaint but which the young woman withdrew in her statement to a magistrate. The court […]
“Though we are sticking to the 12-14 percent forecast for this fiscal, the outlook is qualitatively better for next fiscal. We will give a forecast for the coming fiscal mid-February,” National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) president R. Chandrashekhar told reporters here. Chandrashekhar, a former telecom secretary who took over as president of […]
Several Pakistani Hindus Tuesday burned effigies of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia for failing to rehabilitate them. Supported by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar, where many of them have been camping and raised slogans against Kejriwal and Sisodia before burning their effigies. “These […]